Vascular Complications of Transsphenoidal Surgery

Pituitary

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-170

  Laws Jr , Edward R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; False aneurysm; Pituitary adenoma; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJURY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; ENDOCRINE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033170695     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009951917649     Document Type: Article

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